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Patent GB-190909190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters for Water and other Taps.
Inventor: WOOD RICHARD SAMUEL
IPC: B01D35/04
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 9190. Wood, R. S. April 19. T a p f i l t e r s.- Horizontal and vertical slits b, c are made in a metal or vulcanite cup w h i c h contains filtering - material, the cup being secured to a tap by means of a screw e, riveted to one of the loose ends and passed through a bracket g fixed to the other. Rubbers are interposed between the cup and the tap.
Patent GB-190909245-A (GB)
Title: Charging Device for Underfeed Furnaces.
Inventor: MICHLER HEINRICH
IPC: F23K3/10
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 9245. Michler, H. April 19. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Fuel feeding.-An underfeed stoking-device comprises a removable fuel receptacle h having open-ended slots i, which serve as guides for the grate bars k when fresh fuel is being raised into the furnace shaft. The bars are supported in stirrups which are raised or lowered by a windlass n having a ratchet-wheel and pawl for maintaining the grate at any desired height. When raised to the full extent, the bars k fit in notches o in the lower end of the furnace shaft. To recharge the furnace, the bars in the notches o are withdrawn, and a new grate with fresh fuel is raised. A fire-clay block s is provided at the upper end of the furnace for preventing excessive feed of fuel. Air for combustion is supplied through slots r beneath a hood t. Forced draught may be used, and in this case the lower part of the furnace is enclosed and the supporting-chains or equivalent rods pass through suitable stuffing-boxes.
Patent GB-190915132-A (GB)
Title: Wheels for Tramway and Railway Vehicles and Motor Cars for the Reduction of Noise and Vibration.
Inventor: GAMES DAVID JOHN
IPC: B60B17/00
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 15,132. Games, D. J. June 29. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and rubber-ring and like cushions.-A wheel for railway and tramway vehicles and motor-cars is formed in two parts separated by a sinuous cushion a of rubber, leather, or the like. Plates bare bolted to the inner part and overlap the outer part.
Patent GB-190922489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Crane Locomotives.
IPC: B66C23/84
Filed: 1909-10-02
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 22,489. Hawthorn, Leslie, & Co., R. & W., and Straker, C. E. Oct. 2. Jib cranes.-Relates to combined steam crane locomotives of the type in which the crane and its operating-mechanism are mounted independently of the locomotive boiler. The present invention comprises mounting the lifting- cylinder upon a built-up framing supported directly upon the locomotive framing, and includes the general arrangement of the crane and its operating-mechanism. Fig. 1 shows the crane and its operating-mechanism mounted on a casting 10, which is supported on brackets 13 mounted on the locomotive framing. The casting surrounds and supports the lifting-cylinder of the crane, and supports a turntable 8 which carries the jib and counterweight. The turntable is rotated bv spur gearing driven from an engine 23 mounted on the casting.
Patent GB-190923487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tables for Games and for Storing Accessories of the Games.
Inventor: SCHAEFER HENRI ADOLPHE
IPC: A47B25/00
Filed: 1909-10-14
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 23,487. Schaefer, H. A. Oct. 14. Billiards, tables for; table games.-A table adapted for a large number of different games, which may be converted into a billiard table is provided with a movable top 41 formed of a number of laths hinged together a n d adapted to be wound on a spring shaft 40 when not in use and secured by a hinged part 42 of the table top. The table frame is divided into a number of compartments for accessories, including a board 32 for billiards. A drawer 48 is provided for billiard cues, balls, chalk, &c., and a cloth and end cushions for the table top. To convert the table into a billiard table the lath top is drawn out and covered with a sheet of metal, wood, schist, or the like, and then with the cloth. If desired, the laths may each be covered with schist, metal, or the like to present an even surface. The side cushions 51 are supported when not in use in recesses at the sides of the table trame. The cushions are provided with pins 53, which pass through eyelets on the edges of the cloth into holes on the table frame. The billiard cues may be taken to pieces.
Patent GB-190924015-A (GB)
Title: Safety Device for Automatically Stopping Trains in the Case of the Breaking of a Coupling.
Inventor: PERRAUD JEAN FRANCOIS
IPC: B60T7/12
Filed: 1909-10-19
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 24,015. Perraud, J. F. April 27, [Convention date]. Skid; scotch-blocks; force-transmitting mechanism. -In brakes automatically applied, in the event of a coupling breaking, by the fall of a weight f, which is freed by the movement of a rod c under the body of the carriage, skids s are used to come between the wheels and the rails, and are mounted at the ends of levers l, arranged to cross each other, and pivoted at the point of crossing to a bracket on the carriage. The upper ends of the crossed levers are connected by links k to the lever operated by the falling weight. The under surface of the skids may be covered with rubber.
Patent GB-191004736-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for use in Controlling Induction Motors.
IPC: H02K19/30
Filed: 1910-02-25
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 4736. Electric Construction Co., and Pensabene, N. Feb. 25. [Cognate Application, 13,961/10.] Resistances.-In the method of controlling induction motors by varying the resistance in the rotor circuit, the resistance coils A' are mounted on the exterior surface of a cylinder A fixed to the end of the rotor, and one or more brushes C are slid axially along the resistance coils by means of a screw rod D and collar C'. At the end of the resistance coils, and co-axial therewith, are mounted two sets b, b<1> of three conducting- rings each, on which the brush C bears at the end of its travel. Each of the leads a, a<1>, a<2> from the rotor is connected up to a resistance coil and one of each set of rings. The rings b, b<1> may be dispensed with, or one set only may be used. At the other end of the resistance coils is a plain cylindrical surface a<3> on which the brush C bears to open the rotor circuit. The brush C is preferably formed of a coil of wire held in place on the drum by plungers c<3> on the collar c<1>. The screw D is journaled at one end in a plate E fixed to the frame of the motor and at the other end in a bearing f of a bracket F fixed to the plate E. The resistance coils A<1> and rings b, b<1> are held firmly in position by a ring or open plate A<2>. The whole is enclosed by a cylindrical case H, through the end of which the screw rod D passes. An indicator arm J is held in engagement with a stud K on the collar C' by a spring k. A pointer j<1> indicates the position of the arm J. In a modification, contactrings are arranged in position around the drum A and connected with different steps of the resistance, which is wound and arranged in any convenient manner to rotate with the rotor.
Patent GB-191009590-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Time Switch applicable to Electric or other Lighting Purposes or Uses.
Inventor: BERG JOHN
IPC: G04C23/24
Filed: 1910-04-20
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 9590. Berg, J. April 20. Actuating valves.-A time switch adapted for electric or other lighting purposes, of the kind in which the actuating-mechanism is unlocked in readiness for action a short period before the prearranged time of action comprises a cranked lever having an arm f adapted to be engaged by the timing mechanism, and an arm g having two projections e, g<1>, which are adapted to engage a locking-lever i and a pawl l respectively. The lever i has an arm i<2>, which normally engages notches in a cam k mounted on the main spindle o of the clock-train and connected to the switch or other device h, and an arm i<3>, which normally engages a stop in the clock-train. When one of the hands b engages the arm f, the locking-lever i is moved out of engagement with the cam k and with the clocktrain, but this is prevented from rotation by the engagement of the pawl l with the projection g', until the continued movement of the hand b releases the arm f, which springs back to its normal position and leaves a free passage for the rotation of the pawl l.
Patent GB-191013985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receiving and Registering Appliances for Electric Signals.
IPC: H04L13/18
Filed: 1910-06-09
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 13,985. Siemens Halske Akt. - Ges. Aug. 26, 1909, [Convention date]. Optical projection apparatus. - Apparatus for enlarging for direct vision the record on a telegraphic strip is arranged in a vertical standard of small horizontal dimensions. The record on the strip c is projected through the lens system d, and from the mirrors f, g on to the screen h.
Patent GB-191020103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Actuating Tool Slides.
IPC: B23Q5/027
Filed: 1910-08-29
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 20,103. Loewe & Co., L., Munthe, C., and Millington, D. Aug. 29. Link-work.-A slide 5, Figs. 1 and 2, is given a travel variable in amount and position by means of a slotted link engaging a bowl 9 on a pin clamped at 11 in a slot in a disk 7, angularly adjustable at 12, in the slide.
Patent GB-191022557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Metal Wheels for Road Vehicles and in the Method of Securing Detachable Rims to same.
Inventor: HARRIS FREDERIC HAROLD
IPC: B60B3/08
Filed: 1910-11-18
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 22,557. Harris, F. H. Nov. 18. Rims; tyre attachments to rims.-In wheels of the type comprising two disks d, e, Fig. 1, one fixed to the hub and the other detachable, and holding between their outer edges a detachable rim, the nut j for securing the detachable disk is formed with notches on its periphery to engage spring-pressed locking-bolts h carried by the hub. The nut and threaded part of the' hub may be formed with an interrupted thread, and the detachable rim may be formed in two parts with internal lugs l; l', Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191026383-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Sewing Leather or Fabrics in Imitation of Backstitching or Handstitching.
Inventor: GILCHRIST SIDNEY HARRY
IPC: D05B57/14
Filed: 1910-11-14
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 26,383. Gilchrist, S. H. Nov. 14. Drawings to Specification. Sewing-machines; lock-stitching by shuttles.- Two shuttles, working in one shuttle race, are arranged to pass through alternate thread loops of a common needle. The stitch produced has the appearance of a hand-made back-stitch. More than two shuttles may be used.
Patent GB-191102357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: PUENTE JOSE BERMUDEZ DE LA
IPC: B60C5/10
Filed: 1911-01-30
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 2357. La Puente, J. B. de. Nov. 29, 1910, [Convention date]. Air tubes and chambers; tread bands, projections, and surfaces. - A pneumatic tyre comprises tube sections b, Fig. 1, and cover sections a, the joints of the cover sections being arranged alternately with the joints of the air-tube sections; a sleeve e of leather &c., with a metal rib f and carrying the valve stem and a security plate surrounds each tube section at the part under the joints of the cover; and a band h, Fig. 2, with projections i and hooks j or clasps is strapped round the ends of two adjacent cover sections recessed as at g.
Patent GB-191103715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Talking Machines.
Inventor: BUFFET HENRI
Filed: 1911-02-14
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 3715. Buffet, H. Feb. 14. Sound - boxes; styli; resonators. - The diaphragm in a talking-machine sound-box is replaced by a conical or round mass A of wood or metal, such as ash, cedar, and pine, or silver, bronze, and brass, or even glass, bone, and ivory, which is provided with a stylus B. The mass weighs up to about 225 grammes, and may be held by the hand or be traversed over the record from an horizontally-supported bar D. A sounding-board F may also be used to reinforce the sound reproduction. Small wings E of nickel may be added to the mass to reduce the grating sound of the stylus on the record.
Patent GB-191103730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single Wire Telephone Systems.
Inventor: ELLISON CHARLES HUSTWICK
IPC: H04M1/00
Filed: 1911-02-14
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 3730. Ellison, C. H., and Thorrowgood, W. J. Feb. 14. Drawings to Specification. Party-line systems.- Relates to a single - wire system for several stations, in which no selecting- apparatus is used. In order to avoid the effects produced by stray currents when the stations are connected in parallel from the line to earth, they are connected in series, so that there are only two earth connexions at some distance apart, the high resistance of the ringing magnets in series also assisting to cut down stray currents. The magnets are shunted by condensers to provide a low-resistance path for talking currents. The ringing- battery at each station is connected across from line to earth.
Patent GB-191105751-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Furnace for the Combustion of Sulphuretted Oxide of Gas Works and the like.
Inventor: WYLD WILFRID
IPC: C01B17/82
Filed: 1911-03-08
Granted: 1912-03-08
Abstract: 5751. Wyld, W. March 8. Purifier waste, revivefying.-Sulphuretted oxide from gasworks is burnt in a furnace having two superposed hearths 9 along which the materials are traversed by stirrers or scrapers mounted on endless chains 8, and so arranged that a more energetic agitation and conveyance of the material occurs on one hearth than the other. In the form shown the stirrer shafts 15 have a large number of teeth to act on the lower hearth than the upper. The side chains have rectangular holes in which the ends of the stirrer shafts are fixed, and are provided with rollers to reduce friction. Air for supporting the combustion of the oxide may be heated in flues 14, 14<a> beneath'the lower hearth.
Patent GB-191114827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Scrapers.
Inventor: ILETT JOHN
IPC: B44D3/16
Filed: 1911-06-26
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 14,827. Ilett, J. June 26. Scrapers.-In scrapers of the type provided with detachable receptacles to receive the material scraped off ceilings, walls, and other surfaces, the receptacle 1 is provided with a keyhole slot 2 engaged by a headed bolt, screw, or stud 6 to enable the scraper and receptacle to be readily detached without unscrewing or loosening the bolt, screw, or other fastening.
Patent GB-191118918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoods for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BAKER BENJAMIN HAROLD
IPC: B60J7/12
Filed: 1911-08-23
Granted: 1912-04-04
Abstract: 18,918. Baker, B. H. Aug. 23. Hoods. - To facilitate the manipulation of hoods for motor-vehicles, the front hoop 3 of the rear portion of the hood is provided with projections 6 adapted to engage staples 5 on the front hoop-stick 2 when this is turned backwards prior to disengagement from the front body bracket 7. This bracket may be of the form shown, having a circular opening 8' with a slot 8, which allows of the disengagement of the projection 9 on the hoop-stick 2 when in the rearwardly-inclined position.
Patent GB-191119918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Bedsteads.
Inventor: PAGET CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: A47C23/22
Filed: 1911-09-07
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 19,918. Paget, C. E., [Paget, A. J. M.]. Sept. 7. Mattresses.-A bedstead especially for use in tropical countries, particularly in hospitals &c., has its resilient surface 8 formed by lacing native fibre rope crosswise round the side frames.
Patent GB-191120403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ignition Devices for Gas and Oil Engines.
Inventor: NEWMAN JOHN GLEN
Filed: 1911-09-14
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 20,403. Newman, J. G. Sept. 14. Non-electric ignition.-An igniter comprises a disk and a pencil, one of which is of hard metal and the other of pyrophdric material which does not produce an actively abradent dust. The disk 19 in the igniting-socket 22 is preferably of hard steel with a finely serrated edge, and the pencil 24 rests thereon either under pressure of a light spring or by its own weight. The shaft 16 carrying the disk 19 is oscillated at the appropriate moment by means of a lever 15 and a projection 14 on a drum 13 carried on a shaft 7 driven from the engine shaft. A number of projections 14 are arranged spirally on the drum 13 and the shaft 7 is adjustable axially to control the ignition. The disk 19 may be rotated step by step by means of a ratchet device, or there may be two adjacent disks, one of serrated metal and one of smooth metal adjacent to one another on a continuously rotated shaft. The pencil rests on the smooth disk, until, at the proper moment, the shaft is shifted axially to bring the serrated disk under the pencil.
Patent GB-191120439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tobacco Pipes and the like.
Inventor: VINCE HARRY
IPC: A24F1/00
Filed: 1911-09-15
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 20,439. Vince, H. Sept. 15. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders. -In pipes &c. of the class provided with internal fittings to cleanse the bore of the stem and form cooling-passages, the fitting F is openended, fits the bore closely, and projects into the bowl in order to centralize the draught through the tobacco and cause even burning. The fitting may be formed of metal such as aluminium, or its alloys, or brass, boxwood, &c., is preferably attached to the mouthpiece, and may be arranged to provide two, three, or four passages C.
Patent GB-191124879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blasting Detonators.
Inventor: DEWE ALBERT
IPC: F42B3/195
Filed: 1911-11-08
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 24,879. Dewe, A., [Thorniley, E. M.]. Nov. 8. Blasting-fuses. - Relates to detonators intended to be attached to a fuse, and consists in making the detonator casing of thin metal with a spiral groove A for screwing the detonator over the end of the fuse and with a circular groove B for arresting the end of the fuse a short distance from the composition C and for forming a water-tight joint.
Patent GB-191125899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Arc Lamps.
Inventor: WEISS HENRY
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1911-11-20
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 25,899. Weiss, H. Nov. 20. Arc lamps.-In a lamp having several pairs of electrodes connected in series, movable electrodes loaded with unequal weights are gripped successively in the order of magnitude of the weights by clutches which are raised by a single solenoid. In the arrangement shown the upper carbon-holders f, Fig. 1, are attached to non-conducting Mocks b<1>, c<1>, d<1> guided by pairs of frame-rods. The weights of the holders are in the ratio 4:3:2. A series-solenoid core is connected to a block o carrying the clutches. These may be plates n<1> pivoted to the block o and having holes of different diameters so as to grip after different amounts of travel of the block. In a modification, the plates have holes of the same size and are kept horizontal by springs 4, Fig. 6, and stops 3 on the block o until they engage stop screws y<1> set on bridges z, so that the electrodes are gripped in the required order. The plates, stops, and springs shown in Fig. 6 may be replaced by flat perforated spring plates secured by screws to the block o. A tube i, Fig. 1, carrying the lower electrode-holders and the globe and containing conductors, is perforated so as to ventilate the globe and is packed with glass-wool or the like. The Provisional Specification also describes the use of mechanical or chemical devices for shortcircuiting any pair of electrodes if the arc between them fails.
Patent GB-191213817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction-controlling Devices for Tape-sizing Machines.
Inventor: HEAP WILLIAM
IPC: D03J1/00
Filed: 1912-06-13
Granted: 1913-06-13
Abstract: 13,817. Heap, W. June 13. Yarns, beaming. - In friction - controlling devices for tape-sizing machines, the weight a, Fig. 1, on the pressure lever b on the pressurecradle shaft c, Fig. 3, is connected by a cable or chain d and one or more springs c to a cross-bar f carried by curved rods g connected to a base-plate h, the cross-bar being normally held down by a slidable plate h<1> controlled b y a spring-controlled catch i. As the warp increases in diameter on the beam, the lever b is raised and the springs c are extended so as to cause an increase of pressure on the warp. After the beam has been fully wound, the catch i is pressed down to retract the plate h<1> and release the cross-bar f, which is then raised by the springs c so that an adjustable arm k may come beneath and support the weighted lever b. The shaft c is provided with an arm m carrying an adjustable, stud a to act on an arm p connected by a chain or cable q, Figs. 3 and 5, to an horizontally-slidable block r<1> carrying a spring - controlled catch lever t adapted to engage ratchet-teeth u on a frame s, while an adjustable bowl #v on the block r<1> acts on the usual inclined lever x, which. by means of lever mechanism z, 2, 3, increases the pressure imparted to the friction disk 4 of the beam-driving means as the warp increases in diameter. An inclined block 15 is adjustably fixed to the lever x, so as to cause an additional pressure to be given to the disk 4 during the later part of the winding. At the conclusion of the winding, a knob or arm 6 is depressed by hand so as to release the catch t to enable a weighted cord 7 to return the block r<1> to its initial position. Moreover, when the winding is finished, a spring-controlled catch 8 enters between and separates the descending arms m, p, to enable these parts to resume their initial position prior to the winding of another warp, a chain 9 connecting the arms m, p facilitating this return movement.
Patent GB-191217183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Additions to Hand Operated Overhead Travelling Cranes.
IPC: B66C7/00
Filed: 1912-07-24
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 17,183. Steel Nut & J. Hampton, Ltd., and Merrell, M. M. July 24. [Cognate Application, 1150/13.] Overhead travellers and transporters.-Travelling bridge cranes are operatad through hand or power gearing from a frame depending at one side of the bridge. Fig. 1 shows a band-operated crane having a frame e depending at one side of the travelling bridge c. In the lower end of the frame are journalled two pulleys h, i, either of which may be clutched by a lever l to a shaft operated by a hand-lever g. The pulley h is geared by an endless chain m to a pulley n on a shaft o adapted to drive the travelling wheels b. A second endless chain p passes round the pulley i, pulleys r<1>, r<5> at the ends of the bridge, and pulleys s<1>, s<2>, s<3> on the travelling crab. The pulley s<2> is connected to the hoisting-gear of the crab which is traversed by projecting a spring-controlled bolt u between the spokes of the pulley s<2>. This is effected by a cord y, passed round a pulley on the frame e which can be slidably adjusted up and down by a band-lever z<1>, adjacent thereto. The cord y is passed round pulleys at the ends of the bridge and a pulley x on the crab. One end of the cord is attached to a bracket s<4> while the other is attached to one arm of a bent lever w, the other arm of which carries the bolt u. Where the crane is operated by power, a shaft at one end of the gantry is operated through open and crossed belts from a continuously-running shaft. This shaft carries a pulley over which passes an endless cord running over pulleys on the gantry and on the travelling bridge, and a'so round a pulley loosely mounted on the shaft carrying the pulleys h, i. Means are provided for clutching this pulley to its shaft, and for disengaging the lever g. Means may also be provided for operating the levers conjointly. The open and crossed belts are shifted through a cord passed round a slidably-mounted pulley on the frame e.